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kirtling

kirtling is the present participle and gerund of kirtle.

Meaning of kirtle

Verb

kirtle (third-person singular simple present kirtles, present participle kirtling, simple past and past participle kirtled)

  1. (transitive) To clothe or cover with, or as if with, a kirtle; to hitch up (a long garment) to the length of a kirtle.
    • Eastward the Night / Climbs slow with hooded brows, and languid Day / Kirtles her robe fantastical, and leans / To take the embrace of darkness.1899, Charles Camp Tarelli, “God’s Magic”, in The Spectator, volume 82, London: F. C. Westley, →OCLC, page 521, column 1; reprinted in Frank M[orrison] Pixley, editor, The Argonaut, volume XLVIII...

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Proper noun capitalized: Kirtling

Kirtling

  1. A village and civil parish (served by Kirtling and Upend Parish Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England. (OS grid ref TL6856).

Questions about kirtling

What does kirtling mean?
Kirtling means a village and civil parish (served by Kirtling and Upend Parish Council) in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England. (OS grid ref TL6856).
What is kirtling the present participle and gerund of?
Kirtling is the present participle and gerund of kirtle.
What part of speech is kirtling?
Kirtling is a proper noun.

Words near kirtling in the dictionary

  1. kirtled
  2. kirtles
  3. Kirtleton
  4. Kirtley
  5. Kirtleys
  6. kirtling
  7. Kirtlington
  8. Kirton
  9. Kirton in Lindsey
  10. Kirton Lindsey
  11. Kirtons

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